By Dave Little, Meadowlands Media
Relations
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Odds On
Lauderdale continued his resurgence from an early-season slump by taking the
Dash For The G Notes Final at the Meadowlands Friday night.
The 4-year-old son of Western
Ideal-Worldly Deo, who started the year just two for his first 11, was third at
the rail to the half before moving first-over after leader Dragonology with an
authoritative brush, grabbed the lead on the far turn to open up an almost
3-length lead, then cruised through a final quarter of :26.4 to score in a
lifetime-best equaling 1:49.1 for trainer Tony Alagna and owners Odds On Racing
for his second straight decisive win. It was three-quarters-of-a-length back to
a non-threatening Machiavelli. Jackamino was third.
Odds On Lauderdale, who was driven by
Dexter Dunn, returned $2.60 as the 1-5 favorite and has now won eight-of-40
lifetime starts, good for earnings of $159,174.
A LITTLE MORE: Dunn, Scott Zeron and Yannick Gingras
all recorded driving doubles on the card. … All-source handle totaled
$2,249,038.
HAMBO DAY IS HERE: The 94th edition of the
Hambletonian will serve as the centerpiece for a 16-race, stakes-filled card
that gets underway Saturday (Aug. 3) at noon.
Greenshoe is the one to beat in the
second of two Hambo eliminations while his Marcus Melander-trained stablemate,
the unbeaten Gimpanzee, will be favored in the first elim. The $1 million final
will be Race 12 on the card.
Other equine stars who are on the
program include:
·
Defending Horse of the
Year McWicked taking on 1:46 pacer Lather Up in the Sam McKee Memorial
·
Guardian Angel As (John
Cashman Memorial)
·
2017 Horse of the Year
Hannelore Hanover (John Steele Memorial)
·
Current leading Horse of
the Year candidate Shartin N (Lady Liberty)
·
Captain Crunch and
Bettor’s Wish, arguably the sport’s best rivalry, will go toe-to-toe in the
Cane Pace.
CATCH THE ACTION: In the event you are not local, or
can’t make it out to the track, the Hambletonian Day card will be available
live in its entirety on the internet at playmeadowlands.com
and on the Big M’s Facebook Live page.
The CBS Sports Network will have a
live 90-minute presentation of the Hambletonian Day card. Host Gary Seibel and
co-host Dave Brower will bring three lives races into living rooms across the
country, they are:
·
$280,000 John Cashman
Memorial for free-for-all trotters (4:10 p.m. post time)
·
$500,000 Hambletonian
Oaks for 3-year-old trotting fillies (4:40 p.m.)
·
$1,000,000 Hambletonian
for 3-year-old trotters (5:14 p.m.)
There will be six wagers on the
program that could bring huge payoffs that will offer a low 15 percent takeout:
·
20-Cent Survivor Pick-6
(Race 1)
·
50-Cent Pick-5 (Races
3-7) with a guaranteed pool of $50,000
·
20-Cent Jackpot Super
High-Five (Race 7), which has a carryover of $7,000 and will have an estimated
pool of $25,000
·
50-Cent Pick-4 (Races
8-11) with a guaranteed pool of $100,000
·
20-Cent Jackpot Super
High-Five (Race 11), which has a carryover of $53,000 and an estimated pool of
$150,000
·
50-Cent Pick-4 (Races
13-16) with a guaranteed pool of $50,000
